Thursday, 22 September 2016

Alpi Aviation Pioneer 200s of New Zealand (3)

This next lot arrived in the country between 2005 and 2006.

ZK-LPS (c/n NZ20013) was registered on 13/4/05 to Ross P Stratford of Nelson. It is photo'd above at Rangiora on 4/3/07.

Ross Stratford re-registered his aircraft as ZK-LPB on 9/12/08. It was sold to Graham B Smith of Timaru on 2/4/09 and it is photo'd under his ownership at Rangitata Island on 18/12/11. More recently it was purchased by NR and LN Campbell of Campbell Farms of Fairlie.

ZK-PCB2 (c/n NZ2014) was registered to Peter C Bell of Hastings on 4/7/05. It has stayed in Hastings, being sold to Peter C Steers on 27/4/12 and it photo'd at Hastings on 21/4/16.

ZK-CDB2 (c/n NZ20015) was registered to Neil G Ferguson of Waiau on 29/11/05 and it is still owned by him. It is photo'd above at the 2006 SAANZ flyin at Tauranga on 5/2/06.

ZK-LPY (c/n NZ20016) was registered to Alfa One Aviation Ltd of Whangarei on 29/11/05 and it is photo'd above in a hangar at Whangarei on 29/5/07. It was cancelled on 29/1/09 and exported to Australia where it became 24-7077.

ZK-PKT (c/n SN97) is a XL Sparrow model that was first registered on 31/3/06 to the PN and KA Thompson Family Trust of Ruawai. It was sold to the Avex Holdings Trust of Kaukapakapa (Rex and Colleen Swensson) on 19/11/07. It was sold back to Alpi Aviation Ltd of Kaukapakapa on 20/11/09 (when Rex Swensson upgraded to a Alpi Pioneer 300). It is photo'd above at Parakai on 1/3/09. It was sold to Colin R Chalmers and Jonathon T Elliott of Mosgiel on 15/3/11, and then to Steve Amsted of Christchurch on 20/7/13.

Most recently it was sold on 12/11/14 to the Global Campers Business Trust of Rolleston (Volkmer Wollenweber) and it is now named "Furious Feather" with "The Wollenwebers"under the cockpit. The above photo was taken on 14/3/15 at Logan McLean's property Fernside Fields, East of Rangiora.

ZK-DJC2 (c/n 2018) was first registered to David J Clack of North Shore on 3/5/06. It is photo'd above at Paul Hopper's old strip at Silverdale.

On 5/11/11 it was sold to Gavin S Madsen of Hamilton, and on 30/11/11 he re-registered the aircraft as ZK-MSG. It is photo'd above taking off at Pauanui on 6/1/12.